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Posting on Facebook on Friday, Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “Lets get this straight this is not ASB this is far more serious than that.

“This behaviour could cause serious harm and risk to life. This is not a game.”

It added: “Please parents, take control of your children, their actions and where they are. Someone will get hurt if this continues.”

Neighbourhood Sergeant Tracy Houldey has previously warned kids on the dangers of using fireworks: “I would ask parents and carers to check where their children are going on an evening and what they are getting up to - and also to remind them that they are putting themselves and other people at risk if they play around with fireworks.”